KWGS

KWGS

Broadcast area	Tulsa, Oklahoma
Branding	Public Radio 89.5
Frequency	89.5 MHz (also on HD Radio)
First air date	October 19, 1947
Format	Public Radio
ERP	50,000 watts
HAAT	325 meters
Class	C1
Facility ID	66586
Callsign meaning	William Grove Skelly
Owner	The University of Tulsa
Sister stations	KWTU
Webcast	Listen live
Website	www.kwgs.org

KWGS 89.5 FM is a National Public Radio station in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The station was Oklahoma's first FM radio station and is one of two stations operated by the University of Tulsa. The station was established in 1947 through the initiative of TU speech professor Ben Graf Henneke, later president of the university. The call letters are the initials of Tulsa oil man and philanthropist William G. Skelly, who provided the funding.

TU's other radio station is a classical music station known as KWTU.

KWGS is licensed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to broadcast in the HD (hybrid) format.

External links

• Query the FCC's FM station database for KWGS
• Radio-Locator information on KWGS
• Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KWGS
• Voices of Oklahoma interview with Ed Dumit. First person interview conducted on September 29, 2011 with Ed Dumit, former art producer for KWGS. Original audio and transcript archived with Voices of Oklahoma oral history project.